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Written and Oral Language Conventions

• Cara writes,
• Dear Mayor Lewis
• How should this be written?
• A   Dear mayor Lewis
• B   Dear Mayor Lewis
• C   My Dear Mayor Lewis,
• D   Leave as is.
• D

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• Read this sentence.
• Defending the lord of his castle was animportant
  duty of a knight, or there wasmuch more to it.
• Which word, if any, should replace theunderlined
  word?
• A   so
• B   because
• C   but
• D   Leave as is.
• C

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• Read this sentence.
• During the Middle Ages, knights joust andfought
  with other knights over their lordsproperty and
  their womens honor.
• What is the correct way to write the
  underlinedwords?
• A   knights joust and fight
• B   knights jousted and fight
• C   knights jousted and fought
• D   Leave as is.
• C

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• Outcault called his cartoon At the Circusin
  Hogans Alley, but it was betterknown as The
  Yellow Kid.
• What is the correct way to write theunderlined
  words?
• A   At the circus in Hogans Alley,
• B   At The Circus In Hogans Alley,
• C   At The Circus in Hogans Alley,
• D   Leave as is.
• D

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• How should the first sentence of paragraph 4
  bewritten?
• A   The club challenges other groups that use
  the     park to do its part of organizing other
  fund-     raising events.
• B   The club challenges other groups are
  using     the park to do their part by
  organizing other     fund-raising events.
• C   The club challenges other groups using
  the     park in doing their share of organizing
  other     fund-raising events.
• D   The club challenges other groups that use
  the     park to do their part by organizing
  other fund-     raising events.
• D

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WASHINGTON . . . No man has felt thebad effects of our present confederationmore than I. We may justly ascribe theprolongation of the war to the want ofpowers in Congress. Almost the whole ofthe difficulties and distress of my army hadtheir origins there.

• What does this excerpt reveal aboutWashingtons
  character?
• A   He considers himself to be the most
  qualified     individual to single-handedly
  create a new     Constitution.
• B   His desire for a new Constitution is
  founded     on firsthand experience of the
  failings of the     old system.
• C   He believes that the Constitution
  should     require the government to follow a
  military-     like structure.
• D   He hopes that the new Constitution will
  take     all control away from Congress.
• B

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NARRATOR Days passed in sessionsfilled with
bitter arguments What would theform of
representation be? The debateslasted for hours,
with neither side agreeing tocompromise.

• How does this excerpt impact the play?
• A   It uses imagery to describe the details
  of     the setting.
• B   It uses allusion to create a sense
  of     historical context.
• C   It heightens the audiences suspense
  to     mark the passage of time.
• D   It explains the issues of both sides of
  the     argument to enhance characterization.
• C

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• In this play, Benjamin Franklin functions as
• A    a character foil for George Washington.
• B    a mediator between arguing parties.
• C    a means of comic relief to ease tension.
• D    a way to promote one side of the debate.
• B

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• Why do some delegates object to Mr.
  RandolphsVirginia Plan?
• A   They are opposed to a strong central
  government.
• B   They are already committed to a
  Congress     composed of two houses.
• C   They feel that smaller states should control
  Congress.
• D   They fear that representation by population
  will put     some states at a disadvantage.
• D

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• How are the characteristics of this scene
  relatedto its genre?
• A   The telling of amusing anecdotes classifies
  the     scene as a comedy.
• B   The realistic portrayal of serious
  events     classifies the scene as a drama.
• C   An unfavorable outcome classifies the
  scene     as a tragedy.
• D   An abundance of soliloquies by a
  main     character classifies the scene as a
  monologue.
• B

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• When the narrator says, It slows the
  juicesdown. . . he means
• A   the trip makes him tired and hungry.
• B   the visit makes him feel depressed.
• C   the trip gives him something to do.
• D   the visit changes his pace of life.
• D

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• This selection could effectively be adapted
  forpresentation as a dramatic monologue
  becauseit consists of
• A   several suspenseful scenes.
• B   tales of misfortune.
• C   vivid descriptions by a narrator.
• D   exaggeration of peoples actions.
• C

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• In paragraph 14, what does the narrator use
  tomake a point?
• A   a contrast between the past and present
• B   an allusion to an event
• C   a flashback to his youth
• D   a foreshadowing of the future
• A

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• The discrepancy between what the
  narratorimagines the judges will say and what
  theyactually do say represents the
• A   conflict between the new and the old.
• B   narrators self-deception.
• C   brothers apparent talent.
• D   nature of sibling rivalry.
• B

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• The conflict at the end of this passage canbest
  be described as
• A   internalthe narrators feelings about
  her     brother winning.
• B   externalinteractions between the
  narrator     and the judges.
• C   externalinteractions between the
  narrator     and her brother.
• D   internalthe narrators feelings
  toward     people like the judge.
• D

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